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[bamadude]

Can u hatch double yolkers?

 

[Amberjem]

hen2?

roo(spike)such a character too

hen1?

 

[chickwhispers]

Won't she wear herself out early! Holy chick, Batman!!

that would be like a woman delivering a 11 or 12 pound baby!

 

[Amberjem]

Can u hatch double yolkers?

I've seen double yoker hatchs on utube hahaha

 

[Alaskan]

That is good to hear about the day light hours and leghonrs.

Did they start laying in August to September? A lot of breeds will continue through the winter if they start laying then. It is a nice trick to use if you do not mind getting rid of old hens.

I think that mine usually do....I like having chicks hatch April 1-ish.

However, talking with other Alaskans, their leghorns also lay all winter with no light. Many of these Alaska people have warm garages and such, so start chicks in Jan. And Feb.

So.....I think it is a Leghorn only thing.... Not a when they start laying thing..... Since no one else has mentioned a breed that keeps up all winter without light.



My pepper plants lost their labels....... And I cant rememeber what they were... The one that came into the house is a bit like a big jalapeno shape, but way hotter.

 

[Bunnylady]

Can u hatch double yolkers?

Sometimes. They often don't make it, but there are a couple of videos on YouTube of double yolkers hatching.

 

[superchemicalgirl]

All the pics posted still look like girls to me. What's their age?

Hatching double yolkers not recommended - not enough room in the shell for proper development.

 

[chickwhispers]

I have some in the fridge I will post pics tomorrow. Ginormous!

 

[Amberjem]

All the pics posted still look like girls to me. What's their age?

Hatching double yolkers not recommended - not enough room in the shell for proper development.

just three weeks right now, it's just the curiosity lol..the one I suspects a roo just seems more black then the brownish black of the others and more bumpy defined comb and personality

 

[superchemicalgirl]

I can't go by personality when they're young. Usually (but not always) the ones slow to feather out with small butt feathers and small wing feathers are boys. That's usually the first sign, and then the comb and wattles get big and red like I posted yesterday. It's clear by 6 weeks what sex you have - unless you have something with the small pea comb and it's much harder to tell. I'm also awful with silkies. I never know with them until they crow. In fact, I'm not even certain Miss Piggy(I think she's 3 years old now) is a girl. She doesn't crow, but she doesn't lay eggs, either.